Okay! So I know I said that it may take up to a week for the next chapter, but with how the last one ended(Coupled with watching the Red trailer earlier), I have went on a writing spree and gotten chapter 4 done far beyond my own schedule. ^^
Theyurireviewer(Great name by the way), Yang meant that Weiss' relationship with the ground will be intimate. Part of her threat XD Apologies if that was unclear. That line is actually a reference to one of my favorite series on Youtube. It just seemed to fit so well, I couldn't resist putting it in. And I agree. I have read many good fic's that have amazing stories, only to see alot fewer reviews than they deserve.
Chapter 4: A Promise Broken
Ruby looked back and forth between Weiss and Yang as the team was once again walking together. Weiss had been really quiet during lunch, so there was no doubt in Ruby's mind that Yang had not only said something, but went completely overboard. Yang seemed uneffected, but she didn't need to turn to know that Ruby was glaring at her back right now. She did what she felt she had to, and for that she wouldn't apologize.
Blake wasn't really paying much attention to them, looking down at her Scroll and flicking through a few menus. She opened up her mail app on it, finding one from Sun asking if she wanted to meet for coffee later. Deciding that she had nothing better to do, and sure that it would at least make for some nice conversation, she quickly typed up a reply before collapsing her scroll and putting it in her pocket just a few moments before the team walked into a large auditorium.
On the stage stood Glynda Goodwitch, who watched as students filed in. Once everyone was seated she gave a small nod, "Good afternoon, class." She said, waiting until it was repeated before she continued, "Today's sparring class will be a bit different from your usual lesson. How so will depend on the victor of the sparring match that will take place." She reached up, fixing her glasses, "However, due to this extra portion, not every member of a team will be able to participate. As such, I will need two volunteers to start."
Immediately a chill crept up Weiss' spine and she looked to her right to see that Yang's hand was raised high in the air, "I volunteer myself and Weiss Schnee, Professor." She said.
Glynda looked down at Weiss, who hesitated for a moment before she nodded. "Very well. Go get changed and come right back. You have five minutes."
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Yang was back within only a few minutes, walking onto the stage with Ember Celica loaded, ready to fight. Weiss, however, still hadn't shown up. She was slower at changing than Yang was, and her thoughts didn't help much. Yang had punched a crater into a building, a reinforced, stone building. What would it do to her? Would her aura be enough to stop it if it came to be too much?
She frowned as she bent down to lace her boots. She still couldn't believe she had let herself be so intimidated by her. It was pathetic, unbecoming of a Schnee. Yang was strong, Weiss knew that. Hell, physically she may be the strongest in the team. She would have to be careful in the match, but at the moment she wasn't worried about fear or caution. She was just angry. Angry at Yang for threatening her. Angry at herself for allowing it to happen. And especially angry that she hadn't snapped out of it until now. She reached into her locker, drawing out Myrtenaster and making sure that its Dust chambers were full before placing it at her hip and closing the locker door.
Yang wants a fight? Wanted to threaten her? She would show just how capable she was, and prove that she could protect Ruby if need be. Yang thought that Weiss might hurt Ruby on purpose.
It wouldn't be her problem if Yang regretted it.
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Glynda looked down at her Scroll, seeing a timer ticking by toward five minutes. Only thirty seconds left before Weiss was disqualified by default. She looked back up, only to see that the heiress had entered the auditorium again, and with a very determined look in her eyes. As she walked up onto the stage Glynda cleared her Scroll's screen, instead pulling up a measure of the two's Aura level's and projecting it onto the screens behind her. Both were full and the bars measuring them read green. "This duel will follow traditional standards. You will both attack until you force the others Aura into the red, at which point I will call the match and announce the victor. Do you both understand?" She asked. Both nodded. "Very well. Begin!"
Weiss quickly drew Myrtenaster, settling into her stance with the chamber set to red. 'Foot forward, shoulders back, and...' She was about to rush forward when Yang suddenly fired off a shot from each weapon, launching herself forward and forcing Weiss to bring Myrtenaster up to block an oncoming punch. The heiress was caught off guard, however, by the blast that followed, making her skid backward from the sheer force of it. Yang smirked, "You'll have to try harder than that, princess." She said, raising her fists in front of her.
Weiss straightened up, glaring at Yang. 'Screw it. No more procedure.' She thought, setting her weapon to its yellow option before rushing forward and lashing out with a flurry of jabs, each faster than the last, before she quickly rushed behind Yang and slashed at her back. The blonde blocked nearly every jab, a few hitting home, but having little effect on her. When Weiss got behind her she quickly ducked beneath the slash and spun around, launching herself up and aiming an uppercut at Weiss' jaw. Weiss jumped back, reaching down and setting her weapon to a light blue setting. She had to buy time, had to figure something out. Yang fired off two shots behind her once again, launching herself forward just as Weiss spun on her heel and drove Myrtenaster into the ground, forming a large shield of ice around herself in all directions and absorbing the blows that Yang rained down on it, fifteen in all if her count was accurate, each one shaking the ice but not breaking through.
Yang frowned, disappointed that Weiss was hiding behind the ice, "You have to come out sometime, princess. Timer's ticking and I have more aura." She said. The board even read as much, even if it was only a slight lead. She brought Ember Celica to each side, its chambers sliding open and ejecting the spent shells before she reached into a pack behind her and drew out two lines of them, throwing them into the air beside her and whipping her arms around so that her weapons hit them in midair with practiced ease, the shells falling into their slots and wrapping around before the chambers slid shut.
The sound of the shells hitting the ground echoed within Weiss' ice shield as the heiress considered plan after plan. Their noise immediately distracted her and, in her slightly panicked state, clung to anything that may help. In this case, the echoes. Her mind automatically tallied the amount of them, which was quite a substantial number, before taking into consideration how often they would echo in such a confined space, leaving her with a rough estimate of fallen shells.
When she got to that her eyes widened and an idea quickly formed. Her hand went to Myrtenaster's revolving chamber and set it to a dark blue. All she would have to do was wait.
Meanwhile, outside of the shield Yang began to lose her patience. Her eyes slowly bled to red as she paced back and forth. "Weeeeeiss." She called, "Come on out, Weiss." Her irritation showed in her voice and Ruby looked on from her seat, worried about both her girlfriend and her sister. She wanted to stop this, wanted to tell them to quit their fighting, but there was nothing she could do.
After another minute slowly ticked by Yang's temper broke and her body burst into flames, "Fine! You want to just hide, then I'll burn you out of there!" She shouted, rushing forward and launching a flurry of punches into the ice. Each punch melted and cracked the surface, making her put even more strength behind them as each was aided by a shotgun shell. With her final shell she let out a long shout and put every bit of strength into her punch, completely shattering the ice. Out of the shards a blur of white shot out and Yang stumbled a bit before regaining her footing and turning to try to rush at Weiss. She paused, however, when she saw how Weiss stood, turned toward her, arm extended with two fingers pointed toward her.
With a small smirk Weiss flicked her wrist up, activating a dark blue glyph beneath Yang's feet and sending her flying into the air before she jumped into the air herself, doing a backflip and landing on a white glyph before shooting up after her. Yang quickly corrected herself, looking down and seeing Weiss coming. She grinned, throwing her arms out behind herself to fire two shots, only to hear hollow clicks instead. Her eyes widened at the realization; She had been baited. And now she couldn't dodge. She could only watch as Weiss' weapon glowed white and raised her arms to shield herself from the incoming blow. Even with that she felt as though she had been hit with a battering ram, rocketing back down to the floor and crashing into the stage, splintering the wood and sending pieces flying everywhere.
On the screen Yang's aura level went well into the red. Weiss landed on the stage and walked over to where Yang lay, stunned and blinking slowly. The tip of myrtenaster pointed at her as she finally came to and looked into Weiss' cold stare as the heiress panted softly. "Don't. Ever. Threaten. Me. Again." She said, "I will protect Ruby. And if I hurt her, I will gladly let you do the same to me." Her words were cold, and quiet enough that only Yang would hear. With that she stabbed myrtenaster down into the already wrecked stage and extended a hand to help Yang up. Yang blinked up at her for a moment before she smiled, laughing a bit and taking her hand, "Fine, fine. Point taken." She said, standing and climbing onto the stage before she winced and held her side, though her smile turned into a grin, "Ow...you have a hell of a hit, you know that?" She asked. The smirk Weiss wore was her only answer as Glynda adjusted her glasses, "A bit obvious, but the winner of this match is Weiss Schnee." She said, looking down at her Scroll. While effective, it seemed that Weiss' tactics had taken a substantial portion of her own aura, possibly as backlash from her last attack. Ruby stood up, helping Yang down off of the stage, even while the older girl protested. She hid it relatively well, but she was sore from the fight. Maybe Weiss did have what it took after all.
Professor Goodwitch cleared her throat to gain their attention once again, "Well. As...destructive as that was, I'm sure everyone here will agree that the duel was decisive." She said, "Miss Schnee, seeing as you won you will now deal with the extra portion of this lesson. Luckily your fight did not smash it as well." She looked down at her Scroll, clearing the board of the Aura readings and instead inputting a command. An unbroken portion of the stage rose and split apart, making room for a large cage to be lifted up in the space provided. Inside was a Boarbatusk. "We see how well you fought against a human opponent. Let us see if you can fight a Grimm so soon after, without the aid of your team." With another command the cage opened and the Boarbatusk charge out and toward Weiss, who reached to her waist, only to find herself grasping at thin air. She quickly looked around, spotting Myrtenaster still embedded into the wood a good ten feet from her. She quickly took off running, reaching a hand out for her weapon.
Her fingers barely brushed against the hilt when she felt the Grimm slam full-force into her, sending her crashing into the weapon and knocking it loose, sending both it and her into the hole behind. The Boarbatusk bellowed down at her, digging a hoof at the edge and staring as she knelt down on the concrete below, grasping a new cut on her arm from the impact with her own weapon.
"Weiss!" Ruby shouted, worried. Why would a teacher force Weiss to fight a Grimm so soon after fighting Yang? It didn't make sense. Was it a test? She looked over to her sister, only to see her staring at the stage, fists clenched. She looked in the other direction and saw that Blake was tense in her seat, eyes flitting to different areas of the Grimm, trying to find a weakness. They all already knew it, especially Weiss, but would she be able to get at it?
Weiss panted softly, taking a moment to collect herself before she reached out and grasped Myrtenaster's hilt, picking it up and creating a white glyph beneath her feet, launching herself up and out of the hole and landing on the other side of the stage. She turned back toward the Boarbatusk, still panting as she raised her weapon at the Grimm. Ruby saw Weiss shudder and quickly pulled out her Scroll, opening it and pulling up her teams health readings. Hers and blakes were bright green, Yang's was red but slowly healing, but Weiss...hers was barely there at all. "Oh no..." She gasped, looking up at Weiss. 'She can't take another hit!'
Weiss lifted her weapon, preparing to cast a glyph when her vision suddenly went blurry and her head felt light. She staggered, falling to one knee and using her free hand to steady herself. Her gaze flicked up to see a rapidly spinning Boarbatusk rushing at her and her eyes squeezed shut, knowing she wouldn't be able to get up in time.
A gunshot rang out, making everyone in the auditorium jump in their seats, and suddenly Ruby was in front of Weiss, batting the Boarbatusk away with Crescent Rose. Weiss slowly opened her eyes, looking up at Ruby, who turned and offered a hand to help her up. "Come on. There's no way you can fight!" She said urgently. Weiss slowly reached up, her hand almost making contact before someone shouted in the crowd, she couldn't be sure who, and Ruby suddenly turned around, only to find her vision filled with the spinning Boarbatusk.
The hit connected, Ruby was sent flying back, and time seemed to stand still as Weiss could only watch her girlfriend fall to the ground behind her.
The entire auditorium was silent as Ruby lay on the ground. At least, to Weiss it was. Even when Blake ran to Ruby's side. Even when Yang somehow slammed into the Boarbatusk and nearly tore it apart. And even as Professor Goodwitch called for a medical team. There was no sound to her. Not until she let out a single, loud cry.
"RUBY!"
I HATE ending on cliffhangers, but at this point my fingers are cramping a bit and it's just so good of a place to end this chapter. Will Ruby be okay? Why did Goodwitch put Weiss against that Boarbatusk? Will the next chapter end in a cliffhanger as well?(Probably not!)
I may edit this chapter as I notice different spelling/grammar and/or plotholes. I will hopefully have the next chapter up soon~
-Nex